INNOVNANO, part of the established and successful Portuguese chemical company, CUF, is pleased to announce that Paul Newbatt has become their Sales and Marketing Director with responsibility for developing their worldwide sales and marketing activities.

Paul Newbatt, Sales and Marketing Director of INNOVNANO.

Paul commented that "INNOVNANO has developed a unique physiochemical process, enabling an innovative range of high quality nano-oxide powders to be manufactured on an industrial scale and the team here are looking forward to the company's new manufacturing and technology facility (Coimbra, Portugal) coming on-line early next year". Paul brings extensive general management and business development experience gained in both the UK and US, with an established a track record of positively influencing strategic development within international high technology markets.

INNOVNANO's new director moved into the world of micro and nano technologies in 2002, with an engineering/manufacturing company supplying bespoke equipment, technology and services for advanced materials processing, before joining the board of CEMMNT, the Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro- and Nano- Technologies, where he worked with key emerging industries underpinned by micro- and nano-technology.

His intention is to use this experience to introduce INNOVNANO to forward-thinking organisations, explore mutually beneficial technical and commercial collaborations and establish strong partnerships as the foundation for the exploitation of this exciting technology.